The Alabama conservation department's Conservation Advisory Board approved the implementation of a statewide dog-deer hunting permit system as a way to avoid outright bans of the decades-old hunting method in areas where conflicts between dog-deer hunters and landowners or those who lease private lands have become excessive. While no final decision has been made on what the new statewide permit system will look like, advisory board members said it is expected to mirror the permit system that already exists in Covington County. The framework for that permit system is listed here. Download file